For backyard porch columns, pressure-treated lumber is a good pick because it’s budget-friendly and stands up to rot and insects.

Sounds like you skipped cap-x and just took a hit of "hopeium" instead. ya, that stuff will rot your brain and drain the wallet fast. 

Looks like dryrot?

After framing out the access to the room from the kitchen, I added some dry wall and voila - my 4/3 is now a 3/2 with a STR studio.

One last point: If there is a higher tenant to bathroom ratio, a simple dry erase "shower schedule" on the back of a bathroom door can work wonders.

Thank you for your advise and I use to be a member of GAREIA and I was working with someone and they left me high and dry.

Here's my lease language:(k) Yards, patios, balconies, vestibules, hallways, and entrances may not be used to store belongings or to dry clothes.

I have seemingly found a good realtor but the mortgage broker has left me high and dry.    

But my issue is that the pipeline either runs dry on the top funnel or I cant get bids out fast enough. 

There’s nothing worse than a lender that over promises and then can’t deliver (sometimes they don’t even review your file before giving you the pre-approval letter and assuring you that all is well, charge you for the appraisal and let you go through inspection and pay for that out of pocket too, then their underwriters get involved and discover some reason they can’t process the loan leaving you high and dry).